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Details for: PI 127544,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, 3897
Summary
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Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
3897
Origin:
Collected – Kābul, Afghanistan
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1938
PI Assigned:
1938
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Inventory Volume:
134
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Seed
50 count
PI 127544 07ncab01 SD
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(3
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Top Name:
3897
Origin:
Collected – Kābul, Afghanistan
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
Feb 1938
PI Assigned:
1938
Improvement Status:
Landrace
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
September 1937.
Kābul, Afghanistan
Elevation:
2134m.
Comment:
Collected September 24 to October 4, 1937 From Kabul
Collector(s):
Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Donated
February 1938.
Maryland, United States
Donor(s):
Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
3897
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Fruit 13 by 7 inches, yellow, heavily netted; flesh 2 1/4 inches thick, white, sweet, good keeper.
Cucumis melo
L. subspp.
melo
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12564
Verified:
02/06/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L.
(151 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
(171 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
agrestis
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chate
(Hasselq.) Sageret
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chito
(C. Morren) Naudin
(1 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
conomon
(Thunb.) Makino
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
texanus
Naudin
(45 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
cantalupo
Ser.
(21 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
flexuosus
(L.) Naudin
(47 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bryonia collosa
Rottler
Cucumis collosus
(Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis trigonus
Roxb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
melon
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
German
Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian
melone
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
meron
2
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedish
melon
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
tian gua
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean
chamoe
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
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Description
Value
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DISEASE
DOWNY MILDEW
RESISTANCE TO DOWNY MILDEW CAUSED BY PSEUDOPERONOSPORA CUBENSIS
9 - HIGH SUSCEPTIBILITY
MELO.DOWNY.MILDEW.89
PI 127544 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
DISEASE
BACTERIA WILT
Resistance to Bacterial Wilt (Caused by Erwinia tracheiphila). Data supplied by J. Walker, Univ. Wisc., who tested rxs to an isolate supplied by D. Dezeeuw, Mich State.
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
DISEASE
STEM BLIGHT
RESISTANCE TO GUMMY STEM BLIGHT (MYCOSPHAERELLA CITRULLINA)
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH COLOR
MATURE FLESH COLOR
5 - WHITE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH TASTE
TASTE OF FRUIT FLESH
5 - INSIPID
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLESH THICKNESS
FLESH THICKNESS IN CENTIMETERS
5
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT COLOR
MATURE FRUIT COLOR
1 - YELLOW
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT DIAMETER
FRUIT DIAMETER IN CENTIMETERS
18
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT LENGTH
FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS
25
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SHAPE
MATURE FRUIT SHAPE
4 - OBLONG
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT SURFACE
CHARACTER OF FRUIT SURFACE
1 - SMOOTH
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
NEMATODE
ROOT KNOT NEMATODE
Resistance to Root Knot Nematode (Caused by Cotton Root Nematode - Meloidogyne incognita acrita). Data supplied by G. Fassuliotis & G. Rau, U.S. Veg. Lab, Charleston, SC.
9 - SUSCEPTIBLE
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE1
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 127544 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE2
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 127544 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
OTHER
IMAGE/PICTURE3
IMAGE PRESENT IN GRIN DATABASE
FRUIT - Image of fruit.
CUCUMIS.PHOTOGRAPH.FRUIT
PI 127544 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
MATURITY
RELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION
5 - MIDSEASON (71-90 DAYS)
S9.CANTALOUPE
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.3
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 127544 05ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
3.22
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 127544 04ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
3.31
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 127544 98ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
4.34
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 127544 87ncsi01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
4.472
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 127544 07ncab01 SD
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
5.17
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
PI 127544 06ncai01 SD
Not Available